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Arizona K-12 schools are scheduled to receive $2.6 billion in funding from the latest federal COVID-19 relief package known as the American Rescue Plan, which Congress passed in March. This is in addition to the $227.4 million that the state s K-12 schools received in the first round of funding and the $1.084 billion they received from the second round of funding.
The Phoenix Union High School District is expecting to receive more than $100 million in funding from ARP.
“That’s huge, said Naketa Ross, one of the district s governing board members. That’s a lot of money going into our district to help our kids, help our schools and so we love that it s relatively flexible, meaning that we can spend it on learning or wellness or staff retention or technology or facilities as it relates to learning.”
Sedona Red Rock News
By: John Hecht and Alexandra Wittenberg
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended education in Sedona and the Verde Valley, with some school districts having shifted between remote and in-person learning multiple times in the first half of the 2020-21 school year alone.
The disruption goes beyond the decisions of individual school boards on how to instruct students, as all area districts have reported declines in enrollment for this school year. Though many families have left on their own accord this year to try out homeschooling options or move to a district where the in-person regulations were preferred, other students were forced to be dropped due to inactivity.
The Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board, administrators, community members and Yavapai County Health Services Director Leslie Horton, on screen, came together at the SPAC on Dec. 7 to discuss possibly returning to virtual-only schooling. Alexandra Wittenberg/Larson Newspapers
In a three-hour meeting on Monday, Dec. 7, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board voted unanimously to keep Sedona Red Rock High School and West Sedona School open for in-person learning during the nine remaining school days before winter break starts Saturday, Dec. 19.
But when school reconvenes on Monday, Jan. 4, classes will be virtual-only and stay that way for a few days after.